Excellent point, Babatunde! In spite of fertilizer being expensive, it is largely wasted if the type, dose and timing of the fertilizers...
Teus, before going offline hidden from the rest of us, please explain what attracks you. It would show some gratitude to the authors and...
Dear Jeroen, Thank you for your comment. Traditionally, water is seen as very sacred to various communities and tribes. In some part of...
Hello Babatunde, Water is a very interesting subject. Very interesting to read about water as food. I chose it as a topic to delve into...
The Goodness Paradox is a problem in the world of analytics. And in the paradigm of excessed capitalism, consumerism and globalism. A...
The power plant you see above produces electricity. A bakery using electrical stoves purchases electricity in order to bake cakes, pastries and loaves of bread. A supermarket buys the bakeries' products to sell them in its carbon neutral operated...
In automotive you know exactly how many cars you are going to produce. In horticulture, it is more difficult because you are dealing with living organisms. However, data based growth management makes it possible to control life just like a carmaker.
The “wizard farmer” will say food production should not be seasonal as hunger is not seasonal. So, increasing food production becomes a necessity in the face of population explosion. Beyond food hunger is another big threat yet less spoken about....
In this interview, Dr Ikechi Agbugba sheds light on the intricate relationship between inflation and food security, the impact of currency devaluation on the cost and availability of food, and the pivotal role of government policies in Nigeria. Read...
It is a common belief that driving agricultural growth and development in developing countries requires appropriate data-driven policies. This statement can only be correct if data collected reflect the reality of the various stakeholders or actors...
Food is an essential necessity of man and having it in sufficient quantity and quality is a must for survival and growth. Year in and out, the focus is to increase food productivity and at the same time, high quality and safe products. However,...
I have attended various conferences where the discussion had been around repositioning of smallholder farmers but most times, you hardly see the farmers' representatives on such a stage. However, I attended a recent conference where a similar...
Food security in Africa is lower than in other continents. To feed the fast-growing population much more food production is needed. Not just more calories but also more proteins, partially from meat and milk. This requires more-productive livestock....
Until recently, many intervention projects hardly considered the needs of women farmers (Gender insensitive), as assumption over the years had been that farmers' needs are inclusive, whereas in reality farmers' needs are most times not women farmers'...
Compared to other continents, Africa experiences a lower level of food security. To feed the fast-growing population much more food must be produced. Not just more calories but also more proteins, partially from meat and milk. This in turn requires...
In observance of this year's World Food Day, water has been described as a vital resource and as a food. A statement that is acceptable to be true by all because our needs for water are for growth, development and sustenance of life.
Over the years, farmers are well known for producing crops or raising livestock for their family mainly and little for sales. That is, mainly for social benefits, with little or no economic benefits. And in case of shocks (either internal or...
Something quite different than the dominance China has acquired - based on cheap labor. The same story for Italian and Spanish tomatoes with...